Governor Nasir El-Rufa’i of Kaduna State has urged people of the state to respect the religious and cultural beliefs of one another and eschew denigration in all forms. The governor stated this in a statement issued by the Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, yesterday after a...
Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano state has placed a ban on the hoisting of banners and posters by politicians during the Eid Prayers and other Sallah festivities. In his Sallah message contained in a statement by the commissioner for information, Malam Muhammad Garba, the governor noted that the act...
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has directed his Chief of Staff, Ali Haruna Makoda, as well as three commissioners who tendered their resignation to continue carrying out their duties. Ganduje’s Chief Press Secretary, Abba Anwar, who disclosed this in a statement, said the governor accepted the resignation of seven...
Gov. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto state on Wednesday warned marauders and their collaborators to stay clear of the state or they will face the full wrath of the law once apprehended. Gov. Tambuwal, who cut short an official trip midnight Tuesday to address the reported influx of suspected bandits...
In a continuous effort to improve security in the country, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Faruk Yahaya today 26 January, 2022 paid a courtesy visit to the Governor of Kano state, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje and the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero. Speaking at the Government House...
Following the abduction and gruesome murder of a five-year old pupil, Hanifa Abubakar, by a private school proprietor, the Kano State government has ordered for revocation of operational licenses of all private schools in the state. The state commissioner of Education, Muhammad Sanusi, announced the decision at a press conference,...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has reaffirmed its commitment to providing drugs to the 1200-bed capacity Sokoto State University Teaching Hospital (SOSUTH), which construction has reached advanced stage. This will augment similar support promised by the Egyptian government, which Ambassador to Nigeria Gov. Tambuwal met and had fruitful discussions with...
The Kaduna State Government is to expend N2.1 billion for the construction of mass housing for low-income earners in the state in 2022. This is contained in the 2022 budget of N278.6 billion signed by Gov. Nasir El-Rufai with a capital expenditure of N185 billion. A copy of the budget which...
Sokoto state Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has said that his administration has in the last couple of years spent N2 billion on the development of entrepreneurship in the state. The sum spent on provision of capital to entrepreneurs “and reactivation of some moribund industries in the State” was raised by...
In his continued effort to stem the tide of insecurity, which is abating considerably, in parts of Sokoto state, Gov. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal , today visited the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba at the Force Headquarters, Abuja, FCT. The visit, intended to deepen the relationship between the...